The gate's sensor was suddenly triggered, rising up and snatching McDaniels' clothing.

The boy was then crushed by the 20-foot upper frame. Neighbor Sean Spencer described, "He was like rolled up at the top and he was shaking, like convulsing. He did that for five or 10 minutes and just stopped."

His mother Doris Chase said in shock, "It happened so fast, I had just seen him when he left out the house. Then somebody came upstairs and told me my son was dead. I couldn’t even hold him or do nothing."

Neighborhood residents are outraged over the devastating accident and are demanding for safer, designated areas in which children in the community can play in.